Lodge Espresso Eatery - BANNER ELK

First of all, the menus (plural) pretty much covered everything. There was something for everyone! The French fries were great! They were soft but crunchy. The crab cake burger was delicious!! They gave you a nice size crab cake. The rest of my family ordered burgers and said they were amazing. They were cooked just right. Lastly, but definitely not least, I wanted to give a shout-out to our waitress, Ally! She was very attentive!

Had blackened salmon, very good. Sadly, the cole slaw was bland and needed more acid. The onion rings were mushy and lacked flavor. Al from the bar never checked back, even after he saw that nothing else was eaten on the plate, he never questioned it. Not a place I would come back to for dinner.

Beth is the only reason to ever come and sit at the bar. Everyone else is clueless and seems to have the personality of a wet mop. Food is mediocre at best. Sad To see this place take an obvious nosedive.

We went in at 10:50 and ordered. I ordered from a section that appeared to be an all day menu because it didn't show a cut-off/start time. Shortly thereafter, the waitress said that they would not make our food until 11 am. Not a bad wait, so we said ok. She came back after 11 am with more excuses. At 11:30ish, I noticed people with lunch type food. She said, yeah, they ordered from the kitchen that opened at 11. What???????? She grew frustrated, told me that she would comp my food and conversation was over. She also never brought cream for coffee or refilled it. And there were multiple waiters at a no so busy dining room on a Monday morning. Thank goodness she comped my food, because it looks disgusting and it's going in the trash.

Best meal I've had so far on vacation. After four days of burgers or overpriced fare, finally decided to find a pizza place. Excellent pizza. Not too much sauce. Ordered two pizzas and they were hot and ready to carry out in fifteen minutes.